The 30th Shadows Awards

Happy New Year from London! I somehow managed to see 484 films in 2010, and here are my best and worst of the year. And if this isn't enough, there are longer lists and rather a lot more of them on the 30th Shadows Awards page...

TOP 10 FILMS:

1. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko)
2. Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois)
3. Inception (Christopher Nolan)
4. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)
5. The Arbor (Clio Barnard)
6. 127 Hours (Danny Boyle)
7. Last Train Home (Fan Lixin)
8. The King's Speech (Tom Hooper)
9. The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan Jose Campanella)
10. Restrepo (Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger)

DIRECTOR:

1. Christopher Nolan (Inception)
2. Bong Joon-ho (Mother)
3. Danny Boyle (127 Hours)
4. Clio Barnard (The Arbor)
5. Lucrecia Martel (The Headless Woman)

WRITER:

1. Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3)
2. Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)
3. Christopher Nolan (Inception)
4. Xavier Beauvois, Etienne Comar (Of Gods and Men)
5. Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)

ACTRESS:

1. Rosamund Pike (Barney's Version, Made in Dagenham)
2. Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
3. Maria Onetto (The Headless Woman)
4. Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
5. Tilda Swinton (I Am Love)

ACTOR:

1. Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
2. James Franco (127 Hours, Howl, Eat Pray Love, Date Night)
3. Edgar Ramirez (Carlos)
4. Ricardo Darin (The Secret in Their Eyes, Carancho)
5. Riz Ahmed (Four Lions)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

1. Olivia Williams (The Ghost)
2. Mila Kunis (Black Swan, Date Night)
3. Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Conviction)
4. Ruth Sheen (Another Year)
5. Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right, Alice in Wonderland)

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

1. Jason Isaacs (Green Zone, Skeletons, Harry Potter 7)
2. Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, Never Let Me Go)
3. Christian Bale (The Fighter)
4. Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right, Shutter Island)
5. Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)

WORST FILMS:

1. Old Dogs (Walt Becker)
2. All About Steve (Phil Traill)
3. Grown Ups (Dennis Dugan)
4. Jonah Hex (Jimmy Hayward)
5. Vampires Suck (Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer)